Cormac O'Brien
Author
Publisher
Fair Winds Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen dramatic stories of troops outnumbered but not outmatched-from Hannibal's Carthaginians to the English at Agincourt to the Red Army in WWII.
Even a commander as fearless, self-assured, and battle-hardened as Alexander the Great, leading 40,000 Macedonian troops, must have quailed at the sight that met him as he neared the village of Issus, Asia Minor, in 333 BCE: an unexpectedly and unimaginably vast Persian force of some 100,000 men, spanning...
Author
Series
Publisher
Quirk
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
These collected biographies on the wacky secrets and scandals of the first ladies of the United States casts American history in a whole new light
Whether she’s a leading lady, loyal spouse, or lightning rod for scandal, the First Lady of the United States has always been in the spotlight—and in 2017 that was truer than ever. This revised and expanded edition from Quirk’s best-selling Secret Lives series features...
Whether she’s a leading lady, loyal spouse, or lightning rod for scandal, the First Lady of the United States has always been in the spotlight—and in 2017 that was truer than ever. This revised and expanded edition from Quirk’s best-selling Secret Lives series features...
4) Secret lives of the U.S. presidents: strange stories and shocking trivia from inside the White House
Author
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Presents little-known facts and trivia about the United States presidents, from George Washington to Donald Trump, including information on personal lives, political stances, and election scandals.
5) Secret lives of the Civil War: what your teachers never told you about the War between the States
Author
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English